Builders set to enjoy cost planning revolution

Thanks to a unique knowledgebase software program, ProjectWinner, cost planning times have already been slashed for many MandE contractors.

Thanks to a unique knowledgebase software program, ProjectWinner, cost planning times have already been slashed for many MandE contractors, including NG Bailey, MITIE, SEC and SES, and the software is now set to revolutionise cost planning across the entire construction industry.

Quantifying the time-savings the software offers, Ted Groom, Estimating Manager at EI-WHS commented, "Before we started using ProjectWinner the design brief-to-budget estimate process could take up to 7 or 8 days".

"In the hands of a competent estimator, ProjectWinner can allow the same work to be done in 7 to 8 hours after reading the design brief".

"The time saving really is that significant".

"It also helps us highlight cost problem areas very quickly." ProjectWinner has been developed by building services software supplier Vixensoft.

Recently advanced to include a construction cost planning element to sit alongside existing mechanical and electrical functionality, the software is now being re-launched as a tool for main, as well as building services, contractors".

"We learnt of the ProjectWinner software and had it demonstrated to us".

"It was immediately apparent what it could offer our Cost Planning Department and so we decided to take it on and haven't looked back", recalled Mike Powers, Associate at Clancy Consulting".

"Our clients are delighted with the fast turnaround of cost plans, the detailed breakdown, element by element, and the capacity of the software to carry out rapid M and E changes".

"It gives them the opportunity to evaluate different design options in a fraction of the time taken using traditional methods".

ProjectWinner's speed of operation is courtesy of its knowledgebase design.

With very little data the user can rely on the software's ability to "intelligently" infer answers to design questions where the information is not known (most effectively at the pre-design stage).

For contractors or consultants involved in Design and Build works, this means a much faster initial cost plan which can then be used to assist the client in comparing design changes, each change immediately filtering through the entire budget estimate, altering all affected costs.

Mr Powers continued, "Clancy have used ProjectWinner to calculate accurate M and E costs on a variety of projects including leisure, residential, commercial, industrial and healthcare".

"Switching to ProjectWinner has enabled us to offer a more efficient professional service to the market place.".

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